#72e6f4

Color #72e6f4

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 14.58 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#72e6f4

RGB

rgb(114, 230, 244)

HSL

hsl(186.5, 85.5%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.5, 53.3%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(85.35, -29.08, -16.85)

LCH

lch(85.35, 33.61, 210.09)

OKLCH

oklch(86.3%, 0.1067, 205.89)

HWB

hwb(186.5, 44.7%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f48072

Analogous

#72f4c1

#72e6f4

#72a5f4

Triadic

#72e6f4

#f472e6

#e6f472

Split-complementary

#72e6f4

#f472a5

#f4c172

Tetradic

#72e6f4

#8072f4

#f48072

#e6f472

Square

#72e6f4

#c172f4

#f48072

#a5f472

Shades

Color #72e6f4 mixed toward black.

#3bdcf0

#11c7dd

#0d95a6

#09646f

#043237

Tints

Color #72e6f4 mixed toward white.

#8aeaf6

#a1eef8

#b9f2f9

#d0f7fb

#e8fbfd

Tones

Color #72e6f4 mixed toward gray.

#7ddde9

#88d5de

#93ccd3

#9dc4c9

#a8bbbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b2f1 · ΔE 28.3

Deuteranopia

#aaa1f0 · ΔE 31.5

Tritanopia

#7beeed · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#d5d5d5 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72e6f4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72e6f4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#72e6f4 (#72e6f4) is rgb(114, 230, 244) in RGB.

No, #72e6f4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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